As is my custom, I was burning incense by candlelight when all at once
the angel appeared in a vision of glory and said, "Come with me."
And taking me by the hand, he led me away from that place until we came
upon a beautiful Golden Palace near a clear mountain lake.

And guarding each of its seven gates were two lion-like watchdogs made
of bronze, ivory and jade, with spiked collars and sharp talon-like claws.
And their eyes were like flaming coals and their tails were as serpents
that do have a deadly sting.

And it was given unto me a golden brick seven inches long to measure
the Golden Palace. And the Golden Palace has seven outer walls and seven
inner walls which divide it into six separate mansions, each measuring
twenty-one feet from floor to ceiling. Six of the outer walls measuring
two hundred and ten feet in length, and the other which intersects the
sixth and seventh, that is, the Northwest and Southwest gates, measuring
four hundred and twenty feet.

Two of the inner walls also measuring two hundred and ten feet in length,
four measuring one hundred and seventy-five feet, and the Golden Temple
with its courtyard and plaza measuring forty-nine hundred square feet.

The sum total of the six mansions and their seven inner walls and seven
outer walls, including the Golden Temple with its Golden Altar and rows
of carved masks and figurines is fourteen thousand square feet.
And the Golden Palace is fortified with seven watchtowers, each measuring
one hundred and five feet in height and twenty-eight feet around in diameter,
which overlook the seven gates or points of entry where the temple dogs
stand guard day and night.

And the glass dome that lightens the Golden Temple, and even the courtyard
and terrace, measuring one hundred and forty feet from top to bottom,
and one hundred and forty feet in diameter at the base.
And the plaza platform with its spiral staircase winding its way up to
the seven watchtowers rises one hundred and seventy-five feet above the
Sanctuary and is supported by seven columns and arches.
And the Golden Temple without the courtyard and plaza measuring one thousand
seven hundred and sixty-four square feet. And the Golden Altar with its
assortment of shiny vessels, rising seven feet above the main threshold
and measuring seven hundred and thirty-five square feet.

So when I had finished measuring the Golden Palace and making all my
calculations, I turned to the angel and said, "To whom does all of
this belong...some rich and powerful ruler?" And the angel answered
saying, "Well said: For this is the Temple of the Living God."

And when he had thus said it, he set me upon his wings and carried me
off to the crystal lake and showed me my reflection in the water. And
he said unto me, "What is it you see?"

And I answered and said, "My reflection: Like the sun on the mountain
and the rainbow around my heart." And the angel answered and said
unto me, "Well said again: For it is the window to your soul."